The interpretation of geochemical survey data

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-74

  Grunsky, Eric C ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Data analysis; Data interpretation; Geochemistry; Review; Statistical methods; Visualization

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CLUSTER COMPUTING; DATA REDUCTION; DATA VISUALIZATION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FLOW VISUALIZATION; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION USE; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; REVIEWS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VISUALIZATION;

ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; CLASSIFICATION AND REGRESSION TREE; DATA INTERPRETATION; MEASURES OF ASSOCIATION; MULTIVARIATE DATA ANALYSIS; PROCESS IDENTIFICATION; STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES; STATISTICAL VISUALIZATIONS;

DATA MINING;

DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS; DATA MINING; DATA SET; DETECTION METHOD; DIGESTION; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GIS; INSTRUMENTATION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; MINERALIZATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; VISUALIZATION; WEATHERING RATE;

EID: 77349085115     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/09-210     Document Type: Article

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